Template-based authoring of educational artifacts

The Walden’s Paths project is developing tools for leveraging student learning with the incredible amount of educational material on the Web. Specialized templates based on established educational frameworks, learning theories, or activities aid path authors in creating pedagogically sound paths by guiding them in collecting and structuring the information included in the path. We describe a template based on the Inquiry-Based Learning educational framework and an implementation that provides support in applying the template to the path authoring process. Categories and Subject Descriptors K.3.1 [Computers and Education]: Computer Uses in Education – computer-assisted instruction. H.5.4 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Hypertext/Hypermedia – user issues. General Terms Design, Human Factors, Experimentation Keywords Inquiry-Based Learning, Template-based authoring.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: JCDL
• Authors: Sarah Davis, Paul Logasa Bogen II, Lauren Cifuentes, Luis Francisco-Revilla, Richard Furuta, Takeisha Hubbard, Unmil Karadkar, Daniel Pogue, Frank M. Shipman III
• Keywords: Educational Framework, Inquiry-Based Learning, JCDL 2006, Learning Educational Framework